Council approves Tank Farm Road paving project; selects road‑diet alternative and directs safety refinements

The City Council authorized staff May 6 to advertise and pursue construction of the city’s 2025 paving project, including Tank Farm Road (Broad Street to the Orchid roundabout) and a Sacramento Drive repaving segment. Council gave staff clear direction to pursue a “road‑diet” striping alternative on Tank Farm Road between the Marigold Center and the Union Pacific railroad bridge (Alternative 1) and to explore additional safety enhancements such as pedestrian refuges and flex‑post buffers where feasible.

Project scope and cost: Public works staff described the project as a full pavement reconstruction for several arterial links. The full engineer’s estimate for the advertised base bid and two additive alternates was approximately $11.1 million; available funding at the time of the meeting was about $9.1 million. The base bid (funding‑priority scope) includes Tank Farm Road between Broad Street and the Orchid roundabout (excluding paving inside the roundabouts) and Sacramento Drive segments; additonal alternates could be awarded if bids and funding permit.